Comb-barrette.



A. BURKE.

00MB BARRETTE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT, 23, 1908.

witnesses: lrwehiior: 64 Alfred Burke. U awwfimw arana? OFFICE.

ALFRED BURKE, 0F LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

COMB-BA Specification of RRETTE.

L t Patent Patented ()et. 19, 1909.

Application fi led September 23, 1908. Serial No. 454.327.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED -BUBKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leo-t minster, in the county of Worcester and! State of Massachusetts, have invented ceri tain new and useful Improvements in Comb- Barrettes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same. g This invention relates to toilet articles 5 and particularly to hair securing and orna- I menting devices and the invention has refer- & ence to that-class of toiletarticles known as barrettes; a I An object of this invention is to produce barrettes having different styles of hair engaging members, all of whichfall within' the general idea involved, that is so say the barrettes each have teeth with apertures in them and the said l l teeth receive securing de- E vices which are caused to extend longitudinally of the bodies and in the apertures of the teeth, thus when the teethhave been embedded in the hair of a wearer, the securing j devices are threaded through the openings of the teeth and through the hair, thus pressing the hair against the bodies of the barrettes and effecting a firm anchorage.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means for limiting the movement of the securing devices and for utilizing the resiliency of the securing devicesfor causi ingthe. securing devices to frictionally engage members carriedby the bodies of the W barrettes, whereby the securingmembers are retained in operative relation with respect I to the bodies and teeth of the barrettes.

A still further object of the invention is to i provide teeth of such contour as to permit l them to readily embed themselves in the hair'of the wearer in order that the teeth may be employed to smooth the hairand f then to secure it in position.v

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of I construction and in the arrangement and} combination of partsto be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying 1 drawings forming part of this specification wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, in which Figure 1, illustrates the outer face of the body of a barrette with its teeth and securl ing device in dotted lines; Fig. 2, illustrates l the securing de\ 1L8, 1 1g.

' and Fig. 10,

, integral. applied to the body transversely thereof.

; plied to the hair it movement of the said clamp.

I a side elevation thereof, partly in section;

Fig. 3, illustrates a sectional view on the line F-F, of Fig. 5; Fig. 4, illustrates a sectional view on the line C- D, of Fig. 5;

Fig. 5, illustrates a view in elevation of a barrette with the securing device partially applied; Fig. 6, illustrates an edge View of 7, illustrates a side view thereof; Fig. 8, illustrates a sectional view on the line A-B, of Fig. 2; Fig. 9, illustrates a sectional view of a-barrette embodying a slightly modified form of tooth; illustrates a sectional view of a still further modification.

In these-drawings, G, indicates the body of a barrette having, near its ends the two integral teeth H, I. The tooth H, has a narrow hole It, therein, and the tooth I, has a hole 7', therein, larger than the opening It.

The body G, is preferably curved longitudinally and said body has a series of teeth secured thereto by fusing them together or they may be integral with the body as shown in Fig. 8. The securing device is preferably made of celluloid or like material whiclnwhen melted or when it is heated to approach the melting point, will be found sufficiently adhesive to cause the teeth to adhere to the The teeth are V -shaped and are Eaclrtooth' has an aperture j, for purposes to be presently explained. For convenience 1n applymg the.

where they are secured to the body, to their points, hence the spaces between the points of the teeth are greater than the spaces between the bases and when the teeth are a plied to the hair. the said hair Will be wedged between the teeth.

After the body and teeth have been apis necessary to secure the same in place and to accomplish that result, I provide a clamping member, adapted to enter the apertures 71, i and j. In order to limit the movement of the clamp, it is provided near its inner end with a stop L, adapted to contact the inner surface of the tooth H. thereby limiting the longitudinal \Vhen the stop 1. abuts the tooth further force on the outer end of the clamp will cause it to bend or body in case they are not made teeth to the hair, said teeth have their two'sides tapered from the bases,

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In order to retain the clam in 0 erative J relation to the body and teet sai clamp has a shoulder which contacts the inner face of the tooth I, and said shoulder is held in' frictional engagement therewith to a sufiicient extent as to prevent its dislodgment except upon its being manipulated.

The body G, shown in Fig. 9, is the same as that heretofore described, but the teeth J are preferably U-shaped and the ends are secured to the body by glue or other adhe-' sive. The clamp K, here shown is the same as that described in connection with the form shown in Figs. 1, 2, etc.

In Fig. 10, I show a body Gfland a U- shaped tooth J the opening 7' of which is contracted as compared with the openingl 7'', shown in Fig. 9. The teeth are secure to the body in the same way that the teethJ, are secured to the body G, and in sonie instances the teeth of all the forms may be made integral with the bodies. 1

1.- In a barrette, a body, a pair of hollow teeth integral with the body one near each end thereof, the opening in one of the teeth being reater than the opening in the other tooth, ollow teeth attached to the body intermediate the integral teeth, a clamp extending into the hollow teeth, means for lim-' iting the movement of the clamp, and means on the clamp for frictionally engaging one of the teeth for retaining the clamp in 0perative relation to the body and teeth.

2. In a barrette, a body, hollow teeth thereon, a tooth at the end of the row of first as compared with the openin mentioned teeth having a restricted opening as compared with the openings in the hollow teeth, a clamp slidable through the hollow teeth, and means on the clamp engaging the tooth with the restricted opening whereby the movement of the clamp is limited.

3. In a barrette, a body, hollow teeth thereon, a tooth at the end of the row of first mentioned teethhaving a restricted opening as compared with the openings in the hollow teeth, a clamp slidable through the hollow teeth, means on the clamp engaging the tooth with the restricted opening whereby movement of the clam is limited, ,and a tooth engaged by said s oulder.

'4. In a barrette, a body, hollow teeth thereon, a tooth at the end of the row of first mentioned teeth having a restricted opening in the hollow teeth, a resilient clamp sli able through the hollow teeth, means on the clamp engagingthe tooth with the restricted openin whereby movement of the clamp is hmite and a tooth engaged by said shoulder.

' 5. In a barrette, a body, hollow teeth thereon, a tooth at the end of the row of first mentioned teeth having a restricted opening as compared-with the openings in the hollow teeth, a resilient clam slidable through the hollow teeth, a' shoul er on said clam and a shoulder engaging evice on the b0 y into engagement with. which the clamp is sprung.

ALFRED BURKE.

Witnesses: O. A. TAFI, K. S. TAFT.

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